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Compact Sustainability
Center
at Hunters Point Shipyard
Building 813
United Nations Global Compact
Sustainability Center at Hunters
Point Shipyard
•A UN Global Compact Center would likely include a clean tech business incubator, offices of the
UN Global Compact, and a retreat / conference center to facilitate the exchange of sustainability
best practices and other innovations related to combating global warming.
•“Locating the UN Global Compact Center in San Francisco will reinforce our city’s commitment to
global justice and sustainability,” said Mayor Newsom. “Once completed, the United Nations center
can serve as an anchor for other sustainable businesses at the Shipyard in much the same way
that the University of California and the Stem Cell Institute have anchored Mission Bay’s
burgeoning biotech and life sciences cluster.”
•The Hunters Point Shipyard in San Francisco would provide a key strategic location for a global
United Nations center. Over two million square feet of LEED-certified commercial space will be
developed in “Parcel C” of the Shipyard in a campus-like setting, with views across the Bay and to
Downtown San Francisco. The site is generally equidistant between San Francisco International
Airport and downtown, and offers easy access to Silicon Valley, Stanford, U.C. Berkeley, the
Lawrence National Labs, NASA Ames Research Center, and UCSF.
•Next steps will include working with the United Nations to refine the proposal and to develop an
advisory board to help guide project development and fund raising efforts.